A few shaves ago, i noticed after a 'stropping experiment' that my razor seemed to not shave both sides of my face equally well.

My left, non-dominant, hand started giving me all sorts of problems. The shave wasn't quite as close as the right and the razor seemed more dull on that side. I used the CrOx side of my philly and it seemed to resolve the issue, but only stayed that way for 1-2 shaves. Last night, my shave wasn't great on the right or left side, but it was definitely harsher on the left side. After my shave, i took the razor to my arm hair and it didn't really do a very good job cutting my upper arm hair.

My razor is dull. There is no question about it. I got my razor from SRD, so i think i will send it to get re-honed. Because the razor shaved pretty well from shave 1-12 and equally on both sides before the 'experiment', i suspect that i rolled the edge when i was messing around. Does this seem reasonable?

How many shaves are reasonable between touch ups on CrOx? How many between honings?

I am pretty bummed out because now i have to take an unscheduled break from straight razor shaving. Plus, i am frustrated because my last couple shaves have sucked and now i have to wait before i can redeem myself.